Eradication of Cults in Nigeria-''Possibility and Plausibility''
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Ebonyi University Press Abakaliki
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Nigeria like many other African nations is deeply entrenched in cultism, this being a specific ·
system of religious worship or devoted attachment to a person, idea or activity or being a devotee
of a popular fashion. From time immemorial, cultism has been an integral part of man hence his
affiliation to a physical man or a spirit being. There are open as well m secret cults. both being
less complex in early times but in contemporary times their operations are more complex with
more vague goals. In contemporary times however, emergence of cults and cultic practices are
on the increase due to situations arising from civilization and self centeredness. This paper
attempts at examining the meaning of cultism in Nigeria and its historical presence and pu1pose
in Nigeria. A critical examination of traditional cults vis-a-vis their original objectives as against
contemporary cults and their objectives shall be looked at. T~e paper concludes that the
possibility and plausibility of eradicating cults and cultic praCtices in Nigeria is a tall dream as
current issues that the society is faced with in contemporary times indicate.
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H Social Sciences (General)